Angie Craig Early Life
Former businesswoman Angie Craig was born in 1972 in West Helena, Arkansas.
She was raised by a single mother and grew up in a mobile home park. She watched her mother work hard.
Angie completes her teaching degree over nine years while raising three kids with the help of her grandmother.
Her grandmother worked in a union shoe factory well into her 70s. she got inspiration from her mother and grandmother, who showed her what grit and determination look like.
Angie attended Nettleton High School in Janesboro. She earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Memphis.
Like her mother, she worked two jobs and took out a little in student loans to put herself through state college.
She started her early career as a newspaper reporter and worked 20 years in business to guide a workforce of 16,000 for a major Minnesota manufacturer.